University of Iowa Accused of Employing ‘Serial Sexual Harasser’

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Updated Aug. 28, 2018 5:32AM ET / Published Aug. 28, 2018 12:41AM ET

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The University of Iowa has been accused of continuing to employ a lecturer despite his having been banned from part of the campus for allegedly sexually harassing female students. The lecturer, identified by the Iowa City Press-Citizen as Jeffrey Nock, was reportedly issued a criminal trespass warning and a harassment warning from the University of Iowa Police in April. He was also the subject of two university investigations that were launched after multiple people complained about him taking photos of women as they worked out in the college’s recreation center, according to the report. The investigations, which relied on interviews with numerous women who’d complained about Nock, appear to not yet have resulted in any action, as the university confirmed to the Press-Citizen that Nock is still employed there. Two weeks after he was banned from the recreation center due to complaints, he was reportedly offered more than $20,000 to teach additional courses. Nock’s presence at the university has reportedly prompted at least one woman to protest on campus, and several fliers have been posted calling on the university to fire the “serial sexual harasser.”